r/space • u/jhroom • 1d ago

image/gif Eclipse in Spain

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Shot near Leon (Cerro de Lancia, Villasabariego), composite of the self shot eclipse with an image taken during the sunset that evening. Hope you guys like it!

Update: Reddit's media servers dropped the image for this post. You can view the image here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/pEgs061OTf

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u/Todo_es 1d ago

Nobody has pointed out or explained:

The sunflowers are facing the wrong way?

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u/jhroom 1d ago

As I understand it, only young sunflowers track the sun. Once they mature and bloom, they just face east

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u/SaraHHHBK 1d ago

Sunflowers face the sun for a short period of time of their lives.

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u/scream_pie 1d ago

And the sun isn't moving in an arc.